The 10-year-old Kincardine boy plays hockey and baseball, on three different teams, despite battling kidney disease.

Christopher and his family first learned that he had the disease this past spring. The news was unexpected. After becoming ill last year he was diagnosed with an auto-immune disorder, Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP), in October. HSP can cause chronic kidney disease, but rarely.

A 38-year-old from South Bruce Peninsula is walking for a week after being clocked at more than 130 km/hr on Highway 9 in Kinloss Twp.

A South-Bruce OPP officer on patrol along Highway 9 noticed a silver Pontiac Grand Prix moving at a high rate of speed at 10 a.m. Aug. 24. The speed was confirmed by radar. The driver was charged with racing a motor vehicle, and is to appear in court Oct. 6 to answer to the charge. His car was also impounded and his licence suspended for a mandatory seven day period.

Dustin Todd outlasted and outplayed the field to make local tennis history on Saturday.

Dustin Todd of the Amberley Beach Tennis Club following his straight set win in the championship final match Saturday at the Kincardine Invitational Singles Classic Tennis Tournament. (Josh Howald photo)

Todd went undefeated through four matches to win the inaugural Kincardine Tennis Club Invitational Singles Classic.

The Kincardine OBA Cardinals will travel to Port Dover this weekend to play in the provincial championship tournament.

Kincardine will open the tournament Friday night at 7 p.m. against Port Lambton.

The Cardinals enter the tournament with a 5-5 record, racked up through exhibition games and tournament action. The 11-player roster was selected from Kincardine's two peewee teams that played in the WOBA this season.

In the big picture, Sunday's Junior C hockey tournament at the Davidson Centre in Kincardine meant very little.

Jordan Bell of the Bulldogs was at the bottom of this heap against Port Stanley Sunday afternoon at the Davidson Centre. Bell actually scored on this play after picking the pocket of a Pirates defender during the exhibition preseason Junior C tournament hosted by the Nicol Insurance Kincardine Bulldogs. (Josh Howald photo)

The Ripley Wolves will kick off the 2015-16 WOAA Senior AA hockey regular season Oct. 10 at home.

The Wolves, the defending WOAA Senior A champions, will start the season with a game against their regional rivals from Lucknow at home at 7:30 p.m.

However, the Wolves do have one exhibition preseason contest scheduled as well. Ripley will travel to Seaforth to take on the Huron East Centenaries on Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. That's one of just two preseason Senior AA hockey games scheduled to take place before the regular season kicks off. The first game of the regular season is set for Oct. 2.

When six-year-old Keelan Jacques could not find a running group that would allow him to take part, he decided to take matters into his own hands.

Keelan Jacques, 6, centre, has started a running club for kids - the Kincardine Cheetahs. THe Cheetahs held their first clinic last month. From left are Adelaide Boettinger, 6, Luke Walsh, 5, Mathijs London, 5, Jacques, Cooper Waite, 6, and Madison Ruthven, 6. (Barb McKay photo)